Sunday, October 28, 2007


Teacher Faces Possible Criminal Charges for Reading List

Texas Teacher Placed on Leave After Complaint About Reading List; Town Rallies to His Defense

A Texas teacher was placed on leave and may face criminal charges after a student selected Cormac McCarthy's "Child of God" off a class reading list."
A popular English teacher has been placed on paid leave and faces possible criminal charges after a student's parents complained to police that a ninth-grade class reading list contained a book about a murderer who has sex with his victims' bodies.
Kaleb Tierce, 25, is being investigated for allegedly distributing harmful material to a minor after the student selected Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy's "Child of God" off the list and read it.

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